# Plattenburg

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{{Infobox German location
|image_coa         = DE-BB 12-0-70-302 Plattenburg COA.svg
|image_photo       = Prignitz 07-13 img11 Plattenburg Burg.jpg
|image_caption     = Plattenburg Castle
|coordinates       = {{coord|52|58|00|N|12|01|59|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan        = Plattenburg in PR.png
|state             = Brandenburg
|district          = Prignitz
|elevation         = 32
|area              = 200.76
|postal_code       = 19336
|area_code         = 038796
|licence           = PR
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 12 0 70 302
|website           = [http://www.plattenburg.de/ www.plattenburg.de]
|mayor             = Anja Kramer<ref>[https://wahlen.brandenburg.de/wahlen/de/kommunalwahlen/bm-wahlen/ergebnisse/~12070000 Landkreis Prignitz Wahl der Bürgermeisterin / des Bürgermeisters], accessed 2 July 2021.</ref>
|leader_term       = 2020&ndash;28
}}

'''Plattenburg''' is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the [Prignitz](/source/Prignitz) district, in [Brandenburg](/source/Brandenburg), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is named after the [water castle](/source/water_castle) of [Plattenburg](/source/Plattenburg_(castle)) which is located in the district.

== Demography ==
<gallery widths="250" heights="200">
File:Bevölkerungsentwicklung Plattenburg.pdf|Development of population since 1875 within the current Boundaries (Blue Line: Population; Dotted Line: Comparison to Population development in Brandenburg state; Grey Background: Time of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany); Red Background: Time of communist [East Germany](/source/East_Germany))
File:Bevölkerungsprognosen Plattenburg.pdf|Recent Population Development and Projections (Population Development before Census 2011 (blue line); Recent Population Development according to the [Census in Germany](/source/Census_in_Germany) in 2011 (blue bordered line); Official projections for 2005-2030 (yellow line); for 2017-2030 (scarlet line); for 2020-2030 (green line)
</gallery>

{{historical populations
|align=none | cols=3 | percentages=pagr
|title = Plattenburg: Population development <br>within the current boundaries (2020)<ref>Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Population_projection_Brandenburg Population Projection Brandenburg at Wikimedia Commons]</ref>
| 1875 | 6113
| 1890 | 5589
| 1910 | 5592
| 1925 | 5852
| 1939 | 5384
| 1950 | 8827
| 1964 | 6571
| 1971 | 6351
| 1981 | 5141
| 1985 | 5265
| 1990 | 5146
| 1995 | 4693
| 2000 | 4177
| 2005 | 3977
| 2010 | 3712
| 2015 | 3413
| 2016 | 3412
| 2017 | 3325
| 2018 | 3297
| 2019 | 3274
| 2020 | 3270
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cities and towns in Prignitz (district)}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Localities in Prignitz
{{Brandenburg-geo-stub}}

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